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Reproducable Paraplegia by Thoracic Aortic Occlusion in a Murine Model of Spinal Cord Ischemia-reperfusion
Published on: March 3, 2014
[2 patients with paraplegia caused by spinal cord tumor metastases]
M J Taphoorn1, M F Roesdi, J J Heimans
1Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, afd. Neurologie, Amsterdam.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|February 12, 1994
Abstract:
In two women, 72 and 65 years old, medullary metastases were found of a mammary adenocarcinoma and a small cell bronchial carcinoma respectively. Radiotherapy and corticosteroids led to stabilisation and functional recovery, but the patients died shortly afterwards. Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is an infrequent but devastating complication of cancer. The treatment options are limited and the prognosis is poor.
